The Sun. — London, England, 1818-01-08 00:00:00

Aitil AY AT DEAL. he, • . Practice o f SMUGGLING 11.15 - so txt e i l i ro‘ fiV es with sod.. (larin!, simit "eal'tied its 'vicinity, and has at, lent=' h le , l to open and ferocious a : violat : ion of the LAW, that cal ls for tome vigCrolis ihterliO4i;ion on the Pert ()1 Governtneot. The' iloto r tis resfstance 4 : 6 4 took place on the `27tli ult: ha s induced us v estigate th e w h o l e transaction', and we can ep . nfide ntly assure our R M eaders Chat the ((owing l 111 b e found an autitentie statenient Of What oc %red l ' NAL, JAN. 6.-01 Saturday the 27th nit. the i til 4 t Yur And Magistr a tes (i t this place committed ro • ,S et 06 1 two midshipn,eu of his Ntoj , 'St N's ship he o ill er n, stati one d on t hi s c oaist tC, prevent smug cltif: "der Lord ELLENBc)itOUGH'S Act, on a ) 11 , - he , )l stabbing, maining, and wounding two ,t tit r 34 ns in th e sitet. Mr. Jonas, the active ot ge the•t:Olici(or to the Admiralty, and one th e Solicitors to the Custom., it tended the ex - 41 I natinu of the: patties, and Sttattgly pressed the tq a6 trates to admit the Office! , to bail, offering tit rn ve. (b a t they h a d been, in the ex, ention of lit t lrd "ty, knocked And assaile, i by a party '"igglvrs, *l O had not had recourse to their , t O I they were driven .to the necessity of ihttn ti;eil ovendelen „ ce, - and for self-pre- Viinn. The Magistrates, howerer, refused to o ( t e l lt them. In consequence of which a writ l'iteas Corpus has been issued by one of the u vo Ll • L OS (If . t h e C:Otut King's 13ruch, anti the Gentleuiei, will be brought before him in Saturnav n ex t, when there is little hut dill , beanniediately t4ischarged 11 .1 ; and G o mo will venie , doubtless prosecute i ch_of t h e smil,eotit oho ti,e Officers, tr be identified Our H. corner was in the a . 3w " - , but did not make Ids apinearatice at the ex -'l"nicion. Captain :\l'Cut.t.ocK, who commands Berern, i s a 1110 st vigilant Officer, and has a tiu 't ~ gin once b een tired at by die Smugglers lie lids been w a lki ng i n the streets of the unvi, The following Letter from Deal appeared in 71 ' Public Ledger of Monday last : Seeing to a London Paper of last week a v B rtial statem ent r es p ect ing a late afriir at this P l "c", countered with somLli , g, and which may /-141/11 to Pr( je&ce the Public against the Naval ‘`tiiters employed upon this station, for its sup -11""lion ; I b eg you will cause the following N.ar -I.4tive t o b e inserted in a respectable Daily Paper, hit n n the autheet Icily of %• hick you may rely "h the mos! perfect confidence ; it being related I " t he by ..4entlein.;in who was present at the Co urt-h»11 at ti ,e severa l exam i va ri oo s w)tich 1 "e taken place * i\i " It appeared by the te,ttimony, on oath, of Capt , e, `Cuil, e k, bi 9 Majesty's ship Severn, that in '.. k .; ll3 "l‘ , eece of information that smuggled goods Aiiteict.7,ol" be tetnovea on Saturday week front - t " l iset to some other part cif the town,' he er—e(l the two Naval Officer,: (now io go , ;1) In h~ t ()11 fie loolt•out in that part of the town ; e ' Iletween six and seven o'clock the same of they detected several persons in the act ilt , r t "hoing the smuggled goods front Middle 'stl t;' arid immediately seized pat t of them on t'rmats; another stb"ggicr' "ail" Wurtl'ingtno b"""1 ) , was chased by one of the Officers ""wee . -setett (alter they had beets violently 4'i:4l,SartrOffi certell by some of the smugglers, and re ed blows on the head). Here the O !-•„ e" attempted to secure Voithington, tvlien a l i ‘ c ,"ale took place nearly opposite the house of Iggolden, the Mayor. In the „Officer's re "tltante to the violence and tht eats he received, . 444 .in his own defence, a pistol was discharged, v l titieb alightly wounded a servant of Lady Har ieY, not, it appears, implicated. This was pure- Y accidental. In the course of the seuflieWorth llYgtoo was wounded in the head, not dangerous tool most certainly caused by Isis own resist ti"ee an d v i o l ence,w o tor the surrounding gang soon tltr liOered the Officer them into and forced th e into a siV 1 1 1 , where they were seemed, and, by order of taken to the goal. A t the examinaticm, Copt. M'Collock clearly u a ted his ()rulers, and urged th:tt the N.Aval Gen oeUten were in the due execution of then), and in L• it I cgal exercise of their - authotity rec(ived freim t i ut ill which they were opposed by Worthing arl:l his party, and the boiffie and its eonse eettces tct re occasioned thereby. These Officers, th :ever. having no evidence of the facts but eit 't'a'rt statement, and' the persons on the side of th e „ et , • . 'or, . le i , I uellig on oat t .al tlen,after several examioations, committed (ref for „,„!er Lord Ellenborough's Act its% , "g to admit them to bail), to be tried ou a " a P l (al charg e . r there can b e no doubt in the mind of every rn:,n, who beard the evidence in Court, a " these Naval Offices s were grossly resisted 1 1 ( 1 assaulted in the discharge of their duty; but n ie te are tew persons here who dare to declare t i s ie uly and unreservedly any circumitances, how al* glaring a n d di sgrace f u l, w hi c h so frequently tear here, connected with smuggling transac tions. '` The S o li c i tors o f Government were present, 414 urged eversy thing they could for bail, butt in ): 1 " - ---it is to be hoped, however, that by smite • t i gi 4 process, a hearing may take place before a O'er Authority." In addition to the preceding; statements, for the Itat henticity of the first of which we can vouch, 1 411 ( 1 the second of which we believe to be correct, ve subjoin t h e f o ll ow i ng narrat i ve 'f rom a roost r e s pectable person who was present at the exami 81.juris at Deal : Ti ecl s m „ - gg yrs of Deal having been prevent n !atoning contrab an d goo d s i n th a t place, h j :` he sY”ern of prevention established in the 4_4... wont-hood, had lately been obliged to bring t r zni lts and other run articles overland, informa- APC ofI t h.llllll. b een received by Ca p 1 :111) Opt 111()Ck;WII0 on the 27th ult. directed the Naval • 4u . ce rl stationed in the town of Deal to cuclea- ; vour to:intercept certain cads of smui:gioi its, ‘ilich he . tiotierstiMit were to .f 32 removed A• iron' one part of the (( ' Ti) , . to another th at even- ct,4,sequence of which, the ()facets w,tit; ro the place uentiited, and at Six o'clock !?A Lree nten with sacks on t !Ai backs, ,‘‘ . olose9ng the 'Officer's', ininttn!iatelv,t an off, and bei . ng in stanify pitrs'neil, they succeeded in arresting the hindmost, , who they funnel tubs nt half' anke'rs in a sack. On the arrest of the Mitt, one! the 'Officers kept hint custod y , while tile' other pursued tft'e tu-o liit,itise smugglers. Ant 'at this time the Naval Officers were instantly at- r tacked by the •6u , gglers . , 'knocked down, eery -severely neaten, awl their lives in such imminent danger, that they were coMpehed tO make use of ' their in ins`, when, by 'the dischafge Of one of . the pisi6l , , a man accidentally received a slight con tusion iii the thigh. Th, !wt) Officers were in- ,1 s7antly arrested by the Deal well, and the princi pal evidence now bronght against them, is that of a boatman, named IVOrthiugion, Who tram most active in this assault on the Naval Officers, • and again'st whotu inforniationhas been given for a former a'ssanlt of a like nature.-Since the com mitment of the two Gentlemen, five bealtnen attempted to bribe a witness belonging to his Majesty's ship Severn,' to withhold his testimony on their trial —ln the contest alluded to, Wor• thiogton was slightly wounded in the bead, caused hr his illegal and violent resistance. The Officers were committed for trial, Mr. Edward 4, , guldeu, the Mayor, - refusing to admit theist to bail, although the Solicitors of Government at,: tended." SHIP NE‘‘ S. PORTSMnUTH, J. 7 .—Arrived the ship Me dusa, HuTcHussoN, front Hilifax, with troops, out five weeks. 'The Hercules ship, with troops', sailed three weeks before the Medusa, very deep, and has not since been heard of. DovER, JAN. 7.—That there is some truth in the complaints of the want of an Efficient Ge neral Police on the coast of this County, it is of ly necessary to state, that some of the smug gl2rs, whoa short time since escaped from a neigi • homing Gaol, are daily seen in the neighbourhood of their own residences. Tics re must he something radically drfective in the sy±.tetn of our Police, to allow such things to pass with impunity. We Io not understand that any public inquiry has been made into theeirenmstances of the escape of the persons alluded to, not tvithstanding the publicity of it. The Expedition, 11AxrEa, Master, from Ncw c93tle to St. Lucia, was totally lost near Aber deen on the 4th inst. and it is fearel all the crew are drowned. Yesterday a Court of Directors was hen at East India House, when the following Captains were sworn into tile command of their respective ships, viz. Captain T. 11. LIAR:us, Prince livgent, Madras . and Bengal.; Captait►"l'. E. WARD, Fair lie, Bengal and Bombay. CERTIFICATED CONVEYANCERS. FOR THE SUN. LETTER IX, EDITOll,—Your Correspondent, ‘.% A Bar rister," on the sohject of Certificated Convey• ancers, appears either to avoid the point in goes. tion, or not to see it. 1 have no where said tha an able man shall not praolise conveyancing, ei ther with or without a certificate, or being a minor member of Gray's Inn. .1 have no where said that such a man shall not exercise his ta lents, unless he be called to the bar. On the contrary, I have said that such a man is deeme by the Attornies a necessary and useful character, under the bar : but such a man loops no further titan to them for employ, and they are his only clients. My exception is against pretenders to the science of law conveyancing, who may so far rank with Scriveners as to know how a contract or an agreement should be scratched ont ; but these left-handed men do not rank among professed Lawyers. They are trespassers on a business which, since the dissolution of the Scriveners, has devolved on the Attornies. They are therefore smugglers, and their goods contraband. The Attornies are not their clients. They assume a part of the Attornies' business, without their, name, and solicit the favottrs of the public, be fore whom they scatter their printed hand-bills This is the gravamen, the evil that 'is to be van quished. Nut a word have I said against those for whom your Correspondent apologizes, though with me they ate not absolutely, end only condi tionally, tree from Wy particular exception. 1 ant now out without hopes that your Correspond. cur, ‘.; A Barrister," trill see the subject for what it realty is, and be convinced that I could not be so lost as to contend for the exciusiim of welt grounded Lawyers as Conveyancers. I have known and respected many, ;ho retired wit It dignity and fortune ; but as for all intruders on the Attor nies, who set up for Couveyaucers, and thereby insult the Dame, without baying talents, beyond a ,vaste book, let them go hence, and be no more seen, under the cloak of lawyers, to impose upon and make a prey of tile public. Lei - their inte rested and ignorant attempts at conVeyaucing, and also their acting as Scriveners, whose business, -ince their dissolution, has devolved on,the Attnr !ties, he put an cod 16 ; nod let them no longer be permitted to dispo , e of law matters, ns manglers and butchers, which can only be . done %y id) security by PRorictENTs. I coliticnin them not let them go, and itespass no more. AN OLD BAII.r.f.Sii.Z. THE PRESlDtN'r's SPtteli. Froin the Neu York C9tnoercial .9dre'rtiser cif Dec. 5. NATIONAL INTELIAGENCEIi, EXTRA. r t • Washington, Dee. 2, 1817. This day, at 12 o'clock, the PREtIDEyr of the UN'er El 3 STAT-ES transmitted to both iiOnt.es of Congress che'foll.wing Message, by Mr. Ji)s6 . pl4 aoritt MONRoE, his SecretarY Citizens of it e senate,'and of the House if Repreventotir es, At no ptuiucl of our p;,litleal existence had we so LUttch cause to felicitate ourselves at the j)ros nerons andftaPpY condition of our country. The abundant 'frWits of the earth ba've filled it with plentY. An eXtensi've and profitahte commerce . . , has greatly augmented our revenue. The public creuit has attained an . extraordinary efevation.— Our iireparation's for defence, in case of l'Uture wars . , fro:in which, by the e‘xperienCe of all na tions, we ought not to expect to be exempted, ar s e advancing, under a well-digested system, with all the dispatch which so important a work wifl Our f'reeGo'vernment*, founded on the inte- rest and affections of the people, has gainel, and is daily gaini'ng', strength. Local jcalonsies are rapidlY yielding ,to more generous, enlarged, and enlightened views of national polky. For advan tages so numerous and highly important, it is our duty to unite in grateful acknowledgments to that Omnipotent Being from whoM they are derived, and in unceasing prayer thAt he. Will endow us With virtue and Strength to maintain and hand ern clown, in their utmost purity, to our latcst pogerity. I have the sati'sfaction to inform you, that an arrangement, which had been commenced by my predecessOr, with the British Goverment, for ►he red►iction Of the naval force, by Great Britain and the Unite►! States, on be Lakes, has been concluded ; by which it is provided, that neither p►trty shall keep in service on Lake Cham plain more ti►an one vessel ; on Lake Out mote than one ; and on Lake Et ie and the Upper Llkes, N►ore than two ; to be armed each with one cannon only; and that all the other armed yes• sets, of both parties, of which an exae: list is in terchanged, shall be dismantled. It is also agreed, that the force retained shall be restricted, in its d u ty, to the internal purposes of each party ; and that the arrangement shall remain in force until six months shall have expired, after notice given by one of the parties to the other of its desire that it tchottld tertnhwe. By this arrangement use.. less.expence, on both sides, and, what of still greater importance, the ilanzer of collision be tween armed vessels, in those inland waters, which was, great, is prevented. 1 have the satisfletion also to state, that the Commissioners under the fourth Article of the 'Meaty of Ghent, to wbom it was referred to de cide to which party the several islands in the Bay of I'assan►acluody belonged under the Treaty of 1783, have agreed in a Report, by which all the ,lands in the possession of each patty before the hoe war - have been decreed to it.. The Commis sioners acting under the other Article of the I'►eaWy of Ghent, for the settlement of the boun daries, have also been engaged in the discharge of their respective duties, hut bare nut yet com pkted them. The difference which arose be-, tweet) the two Governments under that Treaty, respecting the right of the United States to take and cure fish on the coast of the lirifiel► provinces north of our limits, which had been secured by the Tre4ty of 1753, is still in nego- The proposition made by this Govern ment, to extend to the Colonies of Great Britain the principle of the Convention of London, by which the commerce between the ports of the United States and British ports in Europe had keen placed on a footing of equality, has been de clined by the British Government. This subject having been thus amicably discussed between the elation. two Governments, and it appearing that the, British Government ,is unwilling to depart from its present regulations, it remains for Congress to decide whether they will rn ke any other rcgnla tiOns, in conseqUence thereof, for the protection and improvement of our navigation. The negociation with Spain, for spoliations on our commerce, fln►l the settlement of boundaries, remains, essentially, in the state it held, by the communications that were nitide to Congress by my predecessor. It has heen evidently the policy of the Spanish Government to keep the negotia tion su)ended, and in this the Unired States have artplie3cvd, from an amicable dispOsition to• wards Spain, and in thy expectation that live t3o vernment would, from a sense of justice, filially accede to such an arrangement as world be etplai between the parties. A di . iosition has heel) lately she vie by toe Spanish Government to movein tlAt negotiation, which has been Inct by this Govern ment, and, shoal(' the conciliatory and friendly policy, which Las iuvariAly guided our councik. he reciprocated, a just and gatiAfactury arrant.; , - mew finny Ue expecteti. It is proper, ever, t o 'clunk that no 'proposition kas yt.; been made, , ro . n) which sucn a resnli can be plesPin,(t. It %l as anticipated, at an early stage, that the contest hettveeti Spain awl the co!orties ►coitltl become highly interesting to the United States.- 7 It Was natural that our citizens should sympa thize in events which aff eeted thcir neighbouts. • It seemed prohahle also, that the prosecution of the conflict along our coast, and in contiguous occasionally intetrul►t our coin= coerce, anti otherwise affect the persons and pro. pert y of our citizens. These anticipations have been realiied. Such injuries have been receivesl from persons acting under the authority of both; the parties, and for which, redress bus, in most, instances', .been withheld. 'through every stage. of the conflict, the United States have maintained an impartial neutrality, giving aid to neither of the parties in men, money, ships Or munitions of war. They have regarded the contest, not in the light of an ordinary insurrection or rebellion, bat as a civil war between parties nearly equal, hav ing', as to neutral powers, equal rights. Our polls have been open to both, and every article, - the fruit of our soil, or of the industry of our ci tizens, which either was permitted . to take, has been equally free to the other. Should the Co lonies establish their independence, it is proper now to state, that this Government neither seeks, nor would accept, from them any advantage, in Commerce or otherwise, which would not be equally open to all other nations.. The Colonies will, in that event, become Independent States, free from any obligation to, or connection With us, which it May not then be their interest to form on the basis of a fair reciprocity. In the summer of the present year an expedi tion was set on foot agamst Dlst Florida, by persons claiming to act under the authority of some of the colonies, who took possession of Amelia Island; at the mouth of St. Mary's river, near the boundary of the State of Georgia,. .As this province lies east of the Missi,sippi, and is bounded by the United States and the ocean on every side, and has been a subject of negociation with the government of Spain, as an indemnity for losses by spoliation, or in exchange for territory of equal 'due westwesd of the fact known to the world, it excited surprise that countenance sliould be iziven to tliis the as or e by any of the colonies. it would he difficult to reconcile it ‘vith the itienilly relatio:,s ,existing between th'e United States and the colonies, a doubt was entertained whether it had been autho rised by them, or any of them. This •doubt has gained strength, by the circumstances which have unfolded themselves in the prosecution of the en terprise, which have marked it as a mere private unauthorised adventure. Projected and comthenred with an incompetent force, ?chance seems to have been placed on what might be drawn, in defiance of our laws, from within our limits ; and of late, as their resources have failed, it has assumed a more ma►ked character of unfriendliness to us, the island being made a channel for the illicit intro duction of slaves from Africa into ►he United-- States, an asylum for fugiti►•e slaves from the neighbouring states, and a port for smuggling of every kind. A similar establishment was made, at an earlier period, by persons of the same description, is ti , e Gulph of Mexico, at a place called Galveston, within the limits of the United States, as we con tend, tinder the cession of Louisiana. This enter prize has been marked, in a more signal manne r, by all the objectionable circumstances which cha racterised the other, and more patti , :olarly by the equipment of privateers which have annoyed our commerce,• and by -smuggling. These establish ments, if ever sanctioned by any authority what ever, which is - not believed, have abused . their trust, and forfeited all claim to consideration. A last regard for the rights and interests of the United States required that they should be sup pressed ; and orders have a etortlingly issued to that effect. The imperious eonsb'erations which .produced this measure will be exidained to the parties whom it r►►ay, in any d eg ! «, concern, To obtain correct. to 00 every subject Which the United Statvs are int erestcd; to in— spire just sentiments in all persons in authority, no (+ her side, of our friendly disposition, In far it may comport v.'ith Rll it:TatCIA itetitiality and to .secure proper respect to our commerce to ev(ry putt, and from every it IIHS beet) 11101)gia pl'opir to Sena ;i slop of war, with three goished citizcns, along the ..mthcrn coast, ‘V titS ith instrut;ion to touch Ott such ports as they rn.iy find most expedient fo r tl!cse pirpt.hes. W i lli the existing authorities,. %vitt, those in the possession of, ant! exercising the sovereignly, tutst the com munication he held ; from them alone can red,e•l for past injulies, coMmitted by persons Wing